Ohio teacher's last lesson: Give back to community

10:56 AM,
Dec. 22, 2012

Written by

Lori Kurtzman, The Columbus Dispatch

- Ann Christopher says she feels a little like Santa Claus, handing out all this money so close to Christmas. Some charities have been stunned by the amounts. Frankly, so has she.

"She was never somebody who wanted attention," Christopher said of the woman whose money she's giving away. "She was very down-to-earth, very polite."

She also was worth more than a lot of people knew. When retired schoolteacher Zelma Thatcher died last year at age 95, she left behind a small fortune to her family, friends and - as they're finding out - local charities. ...